Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System

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Georgias Single Statewide Accountability
System 2005-2006 3/28/06
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We want every child to have an opportunity to
grow up safe, healthy, and well-educated. And
when they enter the workforce, we want them to
find good, high-paying jobs with a future right
here in Georgia. -- Georgia Governor Sonny
Perdue--

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• No Child Left Behind Act Each State shall
• Develop and implement a single statewide
  accountability system that will be effective in
  ensuring that all local educational agencies and
  public schools make adequate yearly progress.

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• Georgia Code 20-14-26
• To create with the approval of the SBOE, a
  performance-based accountability system
• To establish indicators of performance
• Rate schools and systems
• Develop annual report cards
• Develop a single statewide accountability system
  for schools and systems incorporating federal
  law, rules, and regulations

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• Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS)
• Approved by the State Board of Education July 14,
  2005
• Rules
• SSAS 160-7-1-.01
• Definitions 160-7-1-.02
• Accountability Profile 160-7-1-.03
• Awards and Consequences 160-7-1-.04

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• Georgias Single Statewide Accountability System
• All students
• All schools and school districts
• Rigorous academic standards
• Curriculum-based assessments
• Collaboration with the Georgia Department of
  Education, other state and national education
  agencies, and other education stakeholders across
  Georgia

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Accountability System Components 1)
Curriculum 2) Assessment 3) Data
Collection 4) Data Analysis and Utilization
5) Consequences 6) Awards 7)
Reporting
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• ACCOUNTABILITY PROFILE

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• Award Structure Performance Index Criteria

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State of Georgia Governors Office of Student
Achievement 2005 PLATINUM AWARD Greatest
GainMeeting and Exceeding Standards
Sonny Perdue Martha
Reichrath, Ph.D.
Kathy Cox Governor of Georgia
Executive Director
State
Superintendent of Schools
Governors Office of Student
Achievement
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State of Georgia Governors Office of Student
Achievement 2005 PLATINUM AWARD Highest
Percentage Meeting and Exceeding
Standards Sonny Perdue
Martha Reichrath, Ph.D.
Kathy Cox
Governor of Georgia
Executive Director
State Superintendent of Schools
Governors Office of
Student Achievement
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• Georgias AYP Determination Steps
• Participation at 95 in reading/English language
  arts and math based on students enrolled during
  school district testing window
• Academic performance in reading/English language
  arts and math based on Full Academic Year (FAY)
  students
• Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) Absolute Bar
• Confidence Interval
• Multi-year Average
• Safe Harbor
• Applied for Federal Flexibility for schools and
  districts not making AYP based solely on SWD
  group scores (was approved for 2005 AYP)
• Second Indicator
• Menu of Indicators for Elementary Middle
  Schools
• Graduation Rate for High Schools

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• Amendments to Georgias 2004-2005Consolidated
  State Application Accountability Workbook (AYP
  Workbook)
• Amendments for the 2005-2006 AYP Workbook have
  not yet been approved by US ED.

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Federal Flexibility for SWD Group Amendment
Applied to 2004-2005 School Year

• Note If approved again for 2005-2006, the proxy
  percentage will be recalculated for the 2006 AYP
  determinations.
• Federal calculation steps for the federal
  mathematical adjustment
• Determine the percent of SWD assessed within the
  State.
  (138,954 SWD
  divided by 1,106,615 12.5)
• Divide 2 by the percentage of SWD assessed.
• (2 divided by 12.5 15.9 rounded to 16)
• Add the proxy percent (16) to the original
  percent proficient/advanced for SWD for any
  subject reading/English language arts and math
  that falls below the state AMO.
• Determine if the proxy percent is equal to or
  greater than the State AMO.
• http//www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/04/04072
  005.html

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• Federal Flexibility for SWD Group Amendment
  Applied to 2004-2005 School Year
• A mathematical adjustment to the SWD
  proficiency/advanced rates will be applied for
  schools and LEAs that did not make AYP based
  solely on the Students with Disabilities (SWD)
  group scores.
• If approved again by US ED, the adjusted Annual
  Measurable Objective (AMO) formula will be
  applied for 2005-2006.

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Example of Federal Flexibility for SWD Group
Applied to 2005 AYP Determinations
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• Minimum Number Amendment Begins with 2004-2005
  AYP Determinations
• On June 14, 2005, US ED approved Georgias
  request to adjust the minimum group size. The
  minimum number adjustment allows AYP groups to be
  more proportional to the overall student
  population in AYP grades.
• Group N size 40 or 10 of students enrolled in
  AYP grades, whichever is greater (with a 75
  student cap) for AMO and Second Indicator
  calculations only.
• Note The minimum number for Participation Rate
  remains at 40 or more students.

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Graduation Rate Amendment

• Beginning 2004-2005 school year, Georgia will
  include summer graduates after 12th grade.
• Beginning 2005-2006 school year, schools and
  systems can, on a case by case basis (with
  documentation), count LEP/ELL students in their
  high school graduation rate if these students
  graduate with a regular diploma within 5 years
  and a summer.

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Enhanced GHSGT Performance Levels for AYP
Purposes

• Mathematics
• Basic Scale scores 400 to 515
• Proficient Scale scores 516 to 524
• Advanced Scale scores 525 to 600
• Language Arts
• Basic Scale scores 400 to 510
• Proficient Scale scores 511 to 537
• Advanced Scale scores 538 to 600

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• Menu of Second Indicators for Elementary/Middle
  Schools
• Meet or exceed standard or show progress from the
  preceding year
• Selection in effect for 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and
  2006-2007
• Attendance
• 15 or less of students absent more than 15 days
  or show progress
• Percent Meeting/Exceeding
• CRCT Science 80 or show progress
• CRCT Social Studies 80 or show progress
• Percent Exceeding
• CRCT Reading 35 or show progress
• CRCT English Language Arts 15 or show progress
  
• CRCT Mathematics 15 or show progress
• CRCT Science 15 or show progress
• CRCT Social Studies 15 or show progress
• (Standards subject to revision as a result of
  data analysis from assessments aligned with GPS.)

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For Elementary and Middle Schools Selecting
Attendance as a Second Indicator

• Attendance Rate Criteria
• Schools or systems with 15 or less of students
  absent more than 15 days or show progress over
  the previous year will meet the Second Indicator.
  To show progress for attendance a school or LEA
  must reduce the percentage of students absent
  more than 15 days from the previous year.
• Attendance Rate Explanation
• Students in AYP grade levels who miss more than
  15 days while enrolled
• at any time in school A will be included in
  school A's Attendance Rate formula.
• The days a student misses in another school is
  not added to school As rate.
• Attendance Rate Calculation
• Attendance rate is calculated by dividing the
  number of students in AYP grade levels who were
  absent more than 15 days by the total number of
  students in AYP grade levels.

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Georgias Graduation Rate

• Georgias Graduation Rate Standard Schools and
  districts must be at or above a
• 60 Graduation Rate or show progress from the
  preceding year.
• Current Graduation Rate Calculation (worksheet
  available on www.gaosa.org)
• Numerator of students who graduate with
  regular diplomas
• Denominator of dropouts in 9th, 10th, 11th,
  12th from appropriate years graduates
  other completers
• Georgias Graduation Rate 2002 61.8
• 2003 63.3
• 2004 65.4
• 2005 69.4

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• Each public school and school district
  identified as Needs Improvement shall be subject
  to consequences based on its AYP determination.

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• School-Level Consequences
• Needs Improvement (NI) status shall be determined
  by AYP
• Not making AYP for two consecutive years in
  the same subject
• Math 95 Participation or AMO
• Reading/ELA 95 Participation or AMO
• Second Indicator
• A school shall be removed from the list by making
  AYP for two consecutive years.

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• School District Consequences
• NI status shall be determined by AYP status
• Not making AYP for two consecutive years in
  the same subject at both Elem./Middle and High
  School levels
• Math 95 Participation or AMO
• Reading/ELA 95 Participation or AMO
• Second Indicator
• Districts are removed from the list by making AYP
  for two consecutive years.

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Table of Consequences/Interventions for School
Districts

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• The State Report Card
• Prepared and distributed by the Governors
  Office of Student Achievement in collaboration
  with the Georgia Department of Education.

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State Report Card (K-12 Report)
Consists of 7 Major Sections
1. Accountability (SSAS) 2.
Georgia Tests 3. National Tests
4. School Performance Indicators 5.
Student and School Demographics 6.
Personnel and Fiscal 7. Comparability
Section
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It is not of importance where we stand, but in
what direction we are moving.- Oliver Wendell
Holmes -
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2005 School District AYP Progress
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2005 School AYP Progress
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2005 AYP for Elementary Schools
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2005 AYP for Middle Schools
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2005 AYP for High Schools
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Georgia will lead the nation in improving
student achievement. -- Kathy Cox, State
Superintendent of Schools --
Georgia Department of Education
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Governors Office of Student Achievement205
Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, 1966 Twin Towers
EastAtlanta, GA 30334Phone [phone]
Fax [phone] OSA Website www.gaosa.org
Martha Reichrath, Ph.D. - Executive Director
(404) 463. 1152 Nancy Haight - Accountability
Projects [phone]Cowen Harter, Ed. S. -
Accountability Projects (404) 463. 1168Joanne
Leonard, Ed.S. - Accountability Projects (404)
463.1538Marylou Mandell - Statistical Research
Analyst [phone]Debbie Moss Office
Manager [phone]Laura Peace -
Administrative Assistant [phone]Pam
Smith, Ed.S. Standards, Research, and Policy
[phone] Joanna Vahlsing Data Mining
Specialist [phone]